An invitation for caterers to join BCA and strengthen its ability to represent and support the industry.
Firstly, I welcome you to tonight's Annual Award and Dinner event. I feel enormously privileged and honoured as the Membership Secretary of the largest and oldest organisation — BCA.
Tonight we are celebrating 65 years of our organisation and the 18th Award Ceremony and Dinner, which will be held at the Park Plaza Hotel in London.
This year the UK's 10 Regional Best Restaurants and 10 Best Chefs of the Year will be crowned tonight. It is a prestigious award which will enable the businesses to flourish in their respective areas.
It is essential for BCA to encourage caterers to become members of this great platform of the curry industry. Becoming a member of BCA will enormously assist this organisation to lobby with the Government for our needs and many other business-related issues including business rates. This will also help us to attract various companies for better negotiations in the market.
We have seen the effect during this difficult year. Having a large number of members assists us to negotiate better deals with suppliers and utility companies. The members can get many benefits, not only for the financial aspect of the business, but also essential business and other related expert advice.
We have to stand together, discuss and make every effort to show the Government the real concern. This is why we have to have more and more registered members.
I sincerely urge all caterers to join BCA and unite together to achieve our objectives.
Transcribed from the 2025 BCA Awards programme. Line breaks and clear scan errors have been normalised for readability.